Rebeka Kim
| Rebeka Kim | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | South Korea |
| Born |
January 27, 1998 Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Partner | Kirill Minov |
| Coach |
Pasquale Camerlengo Anjelika Krylova |
| Former coach | Dmitri Kozlov |
| Choreographer | Irina Zhuk Alexander Svinin |
| Training locations | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan |
| Began skating | 2006 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 137.28 2015 Mordovian Ornament |
| Short dance | 55.33 2014 Junior Worlds |
| Free dance | 86.02 2015 Mordovian Ornament |
Rebeka Kim (Hangul: 김레베카, born January 27, 1998) is a South Korean ice dancer. With partner Kirill Minov, she is the 2016 South Korean national champion and placed sixth at the 2014 World Junior Championships. Earlier in her career, Kim competed in single skating. She is the 2009 and 2010 Nestle Nesquik Cup novice champion.
Kim grew up in Vilnius, Lithuania but has kept her citizenship as Korean. She speaks Russian, Korean, English and Lithuanian fluently. In 2010, she moved with her family to Moscow, Russia for her skating training.
Kim began figure skating at age 7 and initially competed in single skating. She won the novice ladies' title at the 2009 Lithuanian Championships. In 2009, the Korean media dubbed her "another Kim Yuna". In February 2009, the KBS Global network Korean ran a documentary on Rebeka Kim.
In 2012, Kim began competing in ice dancing with partner Kirill Minov, representing South Korea. They are coached by Irina Zhuk and Alexander Svinin. Kim/Minov were assigned to 2012–13 ISU Junior Grand Prix events in Austria and Croatia. They missed the first event waiting for the International Skating Union to grant permission for Minov's change of country — he was cleared to represent South Korea on September 21, 2012. Kim/Minov finished 10th in their international debut in Croatia. They qualified for the free dance at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan and finished 20th overall.
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